Maybe it’s all this chatter about my school days, but this morning, I was remembering Weekly Readers. Does this ring a bell? Are they still around? No doubt a quick search of the Internets could answer this question. Hold on.

Answer: Yes, it is.

But I digress. The whole point is that I’ve decided to start a weekly reader of my very own with the hopes that I will not be committing any sort of trademark infringement. The selections with be entirely subjective as the joy of a blog as you know means having complete editorial control, but I like to think it might justify the embarrassing number of hours I spend during the week absorbing random information while I should be working and allow you to do the same.

And so without further ado, I present The WTOS Reader, Volume 1, Issue 1.

General Interest: The Art of Translation [NPR], For anyone who loves books, nerdy things, or Les Miserables.

Current Events: Obamaism [New York], Want to relive November 4, 2008 over and over? I do.

Essay: The Chelsea Affect [Granta], Because Arthur Miller was brilliant and funny (and wrote more than The Crucible).

Cookery: A Great Relief [Orangette], Not everyone gets to make the Thanksgiving turkey. I would settle for biscuits being my Thanksgiving trademark.

Book Reviews: Graphic Tales [Bookslut], I’ve already owned up to my love of young adult fiction, but aside from Persepolis I’ve never taken the next step into young adult graphic novels. Now I want to.